Chickens are brilliant - one hen can lay up to 200 eggs a year, providing essential protein for all the family, and a source of income.

Providing seeds or seedlings helps provide vegetables for a whole family in Eastern Europe. In time, a small vegetable patch can be expanded into a small business and provides enough vegetables to sell. A truly wonderful gift.

Tending crops is tremendously difficult when you have no tools. Make hands happy with a set of hand tools that enable a family to work their land.

This isn't just any pig - it is a pig that provides the opportunity to develop skills in animal farming, gain an income and have access to essential food.

Having a trade means families can find work, use their skills to improve their homes and even set up a business!

A cow will give a family milk, butter and cheese to help improve their diet, reduce their food bills and give them something to sell or exchange.